Hyderabad,
March 30: Ardent devotees fast and wake up all night on holy Shiva
Ratri. But men soon found interesting ways to keep awake through the
night. They open a bottle, whip up playing cards and play all night to
please the Lord by keeping awake. Soon village elders started arranging
recording dances for the youth. While women and aged go to temples and
participate in night-long bhajans, youngsters play cards till midnight
and then attend the recording dances which become raunchy after
midnight.
It is all like the opening song of ‘Chatrapati,
‘Neeku Laddu Mithayilu Leva’. The dancers perform some soft numbers
until police leave, taking what is due to them. Then the night turns
vulgar. Dancers do steps to double meaning songs and start undressing
slowly. Before the conclusion, young patrons of this great art start
throwing currency notes at their favorite dancers. In the final round of
dance, dancers come on the stage covering their bodies only with
towels. Then starts the real treat. Audience fight with each other to
give money to the dancers. The dancers then open their towels and show
their curves to the youth who gave money selectively. They gather
thousands of rupees thrown at them. These tips are in addition to what
the organizers pay to them for performing the dance.
Kotappakonda
in Guntur district has a famous Shiva temple. It is on a hill with 3
peaks and also called Trikutadri. As the Lord of the place is famous, so
are the dances performed there. Youngsters gather from several
neighbouring districts gather there to watch the dances. Soon the cult
spread to temples all over the state. At Visakhapatnam these dances are
famous. They are also performed at Chittoor where dancers from
neighbouring Chennai city are brought.
Though police strictly prohibit the dances as they do the cock fights during Sankranti, they go on unabated.
This
year also police warned strict action against cock fights and Shiva
Ratri dances. But both happened. While hundreds of crores of rupees
changed hands on cock fights, obscene dances enthused the youth as usual
on Shiva Ratri.
Now some dances started finding their
way into You Tube and even porn sites. A full programme is now available
on the recent dances in several sites. God alone knows how these dances
are recorded with clarity, despite the so called restrictions.
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